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Gigs of the week

21.08.09

Sliimy performs at the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, see Wilco at Troxy, Dawn Landes at Water Rats Theatre and The Hot Rats at Old Blue Last ... more

Paolo Nutini ditches ballads for better songs

13.07.09

Paolo Nutini started his set at the Roundhouse with New Shoes, an appropriate choice for a man now walking to a very different beat.... more

Sounds of London: Music that defines the capital

03.07.09

In an extract from Paul Du Noyer's exhilarating new history of the music that defines the capital, he recalls an early meeting with quintessentially London singer Amy Winehouse... more

Classic images of pop stars that set Sixties style

25.06.09

Rare portraits of Sixties rock stars showing how pop influenced the style of a decade will go on show this autumn.... more

A proposed revamp of the Imax roundabout, and pedestrianisation in front of Waterloo Station, exclusively revealed here, could be the biggest transformation of a London public space since Trafalgar Square... more

Stuff the critics...audiences pick their own stars

16.02.09

David Tennant and Kenneth Branagh, snubbed by the judges of the Olivier awards, have been acclaimed theatrical heroes in the only stage awards judged by the public... more

James Corden: 48 hours to go and I'm Britting it

16.02.09

They are due to host the Brit Awards on Wednesday, but James Corden says he hasn't even met Kylie Minogue yet.... more

Killers and Coldplay to star at War Child's 15th birthday show

28.01.09

The Killers and Coldplay are set to perform a one-off concert for the War Child charity next month... more

CDs of the week

12.12.08

The Kinks and Genesis bring out box sets, Ry Cooder's record is wildly eclectic and Dominic Alldis releases Scenes We Once Knew.... more

CDs of the week

26.09.08

Will Young brings out a fourth album, James Morrison carves out his own white soul niche and Travis write some of their best tunes.... more

It's time to wake up after Fabio's night from heaven

12.09.08

Like the girl in the Tammy Wynette song who gets knocked about and maltreated by her guy but still can't stop herself lovin' him, the followers of England never learn. We just can't help it... more

This year of madness: Former DJ Andy Kershaw reveals his pain at the bitter struggle to see his children

04.09.08

Andy Kershaw was one of Britain's favourite DJs - until he was jailed and was banned from seeing his children. Now on the run from police, he breaks his silence. ... more

'What’s my favourite chat-up line? Hi, my name is Peaches'

23.08.08

The editor who gave Peaches Geldof her big break reveals the dangerous blend of precocious attention-seeking and naivety that led to her shock marriage.... more

Ray Davies turns Kinks classic into musical

29.07.08

Rock legend Ray Davies is to star in Come Dancing; a new musical he has written for the Theatre Royal Stratford East.... more

Ray Davies turns Kinks classic into Come Dancing the musical

29.07.08

Rock legend Ray Davies will star in a new musical he has written for the Theatre Royal Stratford East... more

Best BBQ food in the capital

23.07.08

Say goodbye to burnt bangers as we round up London's best BBQ joints... more

No kinks in Clissold Arms

25.06.08

Folk from Las Vegas to Liverpool make regular pilgrimages to the Clissold Arms, site of The Kinks' first gig, and it's worth the trip.... more

Things get better for Barat and his band

28.05.08

Carl Barat led a confident Dirty Pretty Things performance at the Astoria; including half a dozen new songs. Crucially, this wasn't just an alternative Libertines gig.... more

CDs of the week

16.05.08

Green Day are back under pseudonym Foxboro Hot Tubs; making retro, carefree garage rock, The Tom Richards Orchestra is a gentle giant and The Ting Tings release their debut.... more

History lost at Clissold Arms

15.04.08

The Clissold, famous for its connections with The Kinks, has lost its sense of individuality and is just like any other gastropub after its makeover.... more

Actors join battle to save cobbled lane from lorries

18.02.08

Protesters led by actor Tom Conti lay down in the road as they tried to save a historic London street from becoming a rat run for lorries from a nearby building site... more

A burnished time warp

06.02.08

Fox & Anchor is a sympathetic and lovely renovation of a historic old boozer, and Londoners should be grateful.... more

CDs of the week

11.01.08

Pop from British Sea Power and American four-piece Alo, and a double album of superb jazz from Montreal.... more

Ray, you really got me

29.10.07

Former Kinks frontman Ray Davies raced through his old band's tunes at the Electric Proms, as if he were three or four decades younger.... more

Last white man in Hammersmith Palais

30.03.07

A look back at the history of a London landmark, as a bandmate of the Clash's Joe Strummer prepares for the final concert there before the bulldozers move in.... more

Madly in love with Suggs and his singalong

08.12.06

The crowd turned Madness's gig at the Brixton Academy into a mighty singalong as the likely lads from north London triumphantly ran through 20 years of hits.... more

A day out for Damon

27.10.06

As The Good, The Bad And The Queen took to the stage for the BBC Electric Proms, cultures did not clash. The project instead turned out to be a straightforward Damon Albarn vehicle.... more

McTell's Paris classic is London's favourite song

17.10.06

Ralph McTell's Streets Of London has topped a poll of the capital's 50 all-time favourite tracks, with The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset a close second.... more